Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Speed Kills magazine

I bought a bunch of magazines at the Stafford Show from our mate the Magazine Man. Dice, Greasy Kulture, 25th anniversary Scootering, Front End and Gearhead. I haven't bought Gearhead for ages, but it reminded me I had all the early ones, so I dug them out. And that reminded me of a magazine I can't find any details about, but I really loved: Speed Kills. Does anyone know what happened to the guy behind it? The magazine was really ahead of the hot rod punk crossover thing that's taken over the world. It dates from about 1990, 91 onwards. Pre-internet. The magazine you'd find in your local record shop and snap up. Speed Kills introduced me to Ed Roth, Von Dutch... I sent off for a T-shirt and everything. I've still got it. And it came with free 7in singles. It only ran for seven issues, I'm pretty sure. Truly inspirational. GI

SIDEBURN X DTRA AT BOLT

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THIS IS THE BLOG OF SIDEBURN MAGAZINE. IF YOU LIKE IT, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY A COPY.
Sideburn is a magazine made four times a year by Gary Inman, Ben Part and some of the best freelancers in motorcycling. It features racing, custom bikes, street trackers and great stories from all over the world. We love flat track racing, speedway and the road bikes loosely inspired by the racers plus the heroes and zeroes who line up to race them.
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